diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/default.nix
index 6dc5ac795f7..7b444690e40 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/default.nix
@@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ rec {
     inherit automoc4 phonon strigi soprano;
   };
   
+  kdesvn = import ./extragear/kdesvn {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl cmake qt4 perl gettext apr aprutil subversion db4;
+    inherit kdelibs;
+    inherit automoc4 phonon;
+  };
+  
   ktorrent = import ./extragear/ktorrent {
     inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl cmake qt4 perl gmp taglib boost gettext;
     inherit kdelibs kdepimlibs kdebase_workspace;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/extragear/kdesvn/builder.sh b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/extragear/kdesvn/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed3b06c00c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/extragear/kdesvn/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+myPatchPhase()
+{
+    sed -i -e "s|/usr|$subversion|g" src/svnqt/cmakemodules/FindSubversion.cmake
+}
+patchPhase=myPatchPhase
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/extragear/kdesvn/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/extragear/kdesvn/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..407b84f9989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.2/extragear/kdesvn/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qt4, perl, gettext, apr, aprutil, subversion, db4,
+ kdelibs, automoc4, phonon}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "kdesvn-1.2.4";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://kdesvn.alwins-world.de/downloads/kdesvn-1.2.4.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "aa81addf5f86b4c59026debc555d7aac783002331942847c32d2feb277a81620";
+  };
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  inherit subversion;
+  buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 perl gettext apr aprutil subversion db4 kdelibs automoc4 phonon ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
index c71c853eec3..34c31f56942 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release.nix
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ in {
     kdeutils = linux;
     kdewebdev = linux;
     ktorrent = linux;
+    kdesvn = linux;
   };
 
   kernelPackages_2_6_26 = {